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Canon Digital IXUS 55 Digital Camera [5MP, 3 x Optical Zoom]
 
 
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Canon Digital IXUS 55 Digital Camera [5MP, 3 x Optical Zoom]

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Technical Details

  • Autofocus: Yes
  • Battery Model: Camera Specific Powerpacks
  • Bluetooth: No
  • Built-in Flash: Yes
  • CD-R / CD-RW: No
  • Camera Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 1944
  • Camera Resolution Width in Pixel: 2592
  • Changeable Lens: No
  • Chip Type: CCD
  • Compact Flash Card: No
  • Depth in mm: 21.6
  • Digital Zoom (Ratio): 4
  • Effective Pixel (in Megapixel): 5
  • Height (mm): 53.5
  • Highest Focal Length in mm: 105
  • Image Stabiliser: No
  • LCD Monitor Resolution in Pixel: 115000
  • LCD Monitor Size in Inch: 2.5
  • Longest Shutter Speed: 15s
  • Longest Shutter Speed in s: 15s
  • Lowest Focal Length in mm: 35
  • MP3 Playback: No
  • Maximum Aperture Tele: 4.9
  • Maximum Aperture Wide: 2.8
  • Maximum Pixel (in Megapixel): 5.3
  • Memory Stick / Memory Stick Pro: No
  • Memory Stick Duo / Duo Pro: No
  • Memory Type: External
  • Micro Drive: No
  • Mini Secure Digital Card: No
  • Movie / Voice Recording: Movie + Voice
  • Multimedia Card: Yes
  • Optical Zoom (Ratio): 3
  • PC Card: No
  • Photo Resolution Height in Pixel: 1944
  • Photo Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 1944
  • Photo Resolution Width in Pixel: 2592
  • PictBridge: Yes
  • RAW Format: No
  • Range Finder Type: Optical / Electronic Viewfinder + LCD
  • Reduced Size Multimedia Card: No
  • Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 1944
  • Resolution Width in Pixel: 2592
  • SLR / Compact: Compact
  • Secure Digital Card: Yes
  • Secure Digital High Capacity Card (SDHC): No
  • Sensor Size: 1/2,5''
  • Serial Shot Mode: Yes
  • Shortest Shutter Speed: 1/1500s
  • Shortest Shutter Speed in s: 1/1500s
  • Smart Media Card: No
  • Transflash Card: No
  • Video Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 480
  • Video Resolution Width in Pixel: 640
  • Weight in Grams: 140
  • WiFi Connectivity: No
  • Width (mm): 86
  • XD Card: No
  • Zoom Type: Optical + Digital
  • microSD/ TransFlash Card: No
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Product details

  • Item Weight: 899 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 908 g
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  • Item model number: 0319B004AA
  • ASIN: B000B5KFGI
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 21 Aug 2005
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 18,019 in Electronics & Photo (See Bestsellers in Electronics & Photo)

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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description
Elegantly designed with an all-metal finish, the Digital IXUS 55 is slender enough to slip into your pocket. A powerful 5.0 Megapixel CCD sensor delivers photo quality prints up to A3 size with room to spare for post-shoot cropping. An ultra-high refractive index aspherical (UA) 3x optical zoom lens delivers crystal-clear performance in an exceptionally compact form.

The Digital IXUS 55's DIGIC II image processor ensures fast, responsive camera performance and superbly rendered colours. iSAPS analyses each scene and optimises key camera settings even before a shot is taken. The result is immediate high quality images. An extra large 2.5" LCD brings pleasure to framing and reviewing your creations. The monitor's wide viewing angle provides improved visibility for sharing playback with friends and family. QuickBright gives instant screen brightness in bright outdoor conditions. Night Display automatically improves visibility in low light for easy night shooting. You can choose from 15 shooting modes to get that perfect shot. Seven preset Special Scene Modes help achieve great results in tricky lighting conditions.

My Colors allows special in-camera colour effects to be applied to images and movies in real time. You can make extra-long (up to 1GB in size*) 30fps VGA quality movie clips with full audio, and view them with friends and family on the large LCD or connect to a TV for full screen playback. Record fast action sequences at 60fps QVGA quality and analyse them in sharp slow motion.

Printing with the Digital IXUS 55 is a breeze. Simply connect your camera to any PictBridge compatible printer and push the Print/Share button for a full colour print within seconds. Connect to a Canon SELPHY CP Series printer and take advantage of advanced print functions, such as printing ID photos and stills from your movies. Transfer images to your PC quickly and effortlessly with the ultra quick USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connection. Canon's ZoomBrowser EX (Windows) and ImageBrowser (Macintosh) are included for editing and organising photos, movies and slide shows. CANON iMAGE GATEWAY** provides 100MB of web space for sharing your photos online.

Product Description
Elegantly designed with an all-metal finish, the Digital IXUS 55 is slender enough to slip into your pocket. A powerful 5.0 Megapixel CCD sensor delivers photo quality prints up to A3 size with room to spare for post-shoot cropping. An ultra-high refracti

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4.8 out of 5 stars (52 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
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54 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Versatile compact must have, high quality performance camera, 1 Jun 2006
By M. Maja "Maja" (UK) - See all my reviews
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I've had Canon Ixus 55 for half a year now. It's quite incredible what this little camera does. The pictures are crystal clear, the big display makes it easy to view them and re-take in case you are not satisfied with them.

The design is good and user friendly. The menu is easy to read and there are not many things that will make you ponder about what they mean. It's truly easy to use and gives a great result.

The wide array of modes, possibilities of adjusting exposure times, ISO, white balance, flash, red-eye reduction, and many more things, make this a smart gadget appropriate to use in most settings imaginabe - even under water, with appropriate casing!

For a truly comfortable use I suggest buying a second battery and at 512MB SD card. (I have 1G, but can never fill it up, although I take high quality poctures).

There are some minor details though, that I wish would be improved in the following models:

- the button to switch between view, play and record modes does not seem to fit into the rest of the design - although it is functioning properly, it seems that it is not of the same quality as the rest of the casing
- there is no indicator for the batery except a red battery sign when the battery is near empty. This is not a major thing, but some people like to know all the time.
- flash is a bit too powerful almost most of the time, but this is easy to fix with the exposure time adjustement.

All in all, this is an amaizing value for money and an excellent buy. It is a camera that fits in your pocket so you can take it with you wherever you go and capture the moments you'd otherwise forget. Highly recommended.
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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars IXUS 55 6 months down the line..., 15 Aug 2006
By J. Rees (UK) - See all my reviews
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I was very pleased with the camera upon purchase but I thought it would be useful to give you guys an idea of how well it performs after 6 months use.

1. The camera starts to look very tatty very quickly picking up scratches to the metal - esk casing and buttons/switches loosing their coating all together. This is wear and tear even with using the case, which I bought separateley (the proper cannon case) which also turns this small nifty camera into a bulky item.

2.Switching betwwen camera/movie/view mode is now very difficult to do as the switch for this is now sticking on movie. very annoying.

3. only really produces good pictures on standard view. Try zooming and this camera has had it even on the optical zoom, but trying to digitally zoom is pointless - your pictures will not come out how you may have expected.

4.has started making a weird clunking noise when turning off and retracting the zoom lens.

5.does not perform well on night shots.

I wish I had read somthing like this before buying, it may have convinced me to go for a slighlty more expensive camera. Do not buy it thinking it is pro - ish just because it's a Cannon, it's nowhere near that, it is a fun, cheap camera that's great for taking shots on the spur of the moment and capturing some great memories reasonably well.
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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW, 24 May 2006
By Jack O'connor (UK) - See all my reviews
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Others have summed this product up well, but I would just like to add a couple of things;

1) Actually, it does have shutter priority (Im soooo happy about this), in take picture mode, people just need to read the manual better! In take picture mode, go 'menu' then scroll down to 'long shutter', change to yes, then exit menu, and go func>manual settings mode (one of the first options), then go down ONE to exposure, and press menu to set how many seconds shutter is open...

2) This camera is mind blowing. I nearly bought a bigger more expensive one to get more features, but decided i had to get this because it's so small, so i actually can use it everyday... Imagine my joy when I recieve it, and find it has every feature/setting i could ever want! Im so happy.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Small camera, small price, and high quality!
I have had the camera for more than one year now and I am very happy with the pictures that I have shot. I am not a wizard with technology so I just tend to point and shoot. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. William Oxley

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Didn't have a clue about these things before I got one, I just knew I wanted one. Bought this after a reccomendation from a friend and it is brilliant. Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2006 by Mr. I. Ratcliffe

5.0 out of 5 stars So good, I bought two of them...
This camera is fantastic. The pictures it takes are awesome and the videos are great as well - it's amazing how much you can fit onto a 2GB SD card - that's over a thousand of the... Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2006 by D. Martin

4.0 out of 5 stars Canon IXUS 55 after 6 months
Generally I've been very impressed with this camera although there are things I'd change. The whole thing is well thought out. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2006 by Ben

5.0 out of 5 stars Canon Ixus 55
Fantastic camera, I dithered about buying a digital camera for over a year and finally took the plunge after seeing the results from a friends Ixus 40 and being impressed. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2006 by Fit chic

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Delight
I spent ages researching on Amazon reviews and other places to find the best digital camera under £200. Read more
Published on 28 Jul 2006 by Dr. M. Watson

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything I hoped
3 had unfortunate experiences with a couple of HP305/307 cameras (1 lost on holiday, breaking on/off switch replaced under warranty and accidental damage to LCD screen which would... Read more
Published on 7 Jul 2006 by Mr. Stephen Solt

5.0 out of 5 stars Good value for money
Have had this camera for nearly a year now. The camera is small ( although there are smaller models now of course ) but is solidly built. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2006 by Kevin Leahy

5.0 out of 5 stars New to digital
Having always avoided digital cameras, I took the plunge this year as I did not want to take a bulky SLR camera to Canada with me for my childs first holiday. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2006 by Mrs. Sarah Louise Coakley

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as great as I originally thought
Overall, I have to say it's a pretty good camera given it's size.

Pros:

- Size of camera - fits into your pocket
- Size of LCD screen - almost as... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2006 by RCA

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